Putin Retakes Normandy

So much for the Russian's isolation after conquering Crimea.

Updated June 8, 2014 7:00 p.m. ET

Western leaders supposedly rebuked Vladimir Putin for his Crimea conquest by moving this year's G-8 meeting from Sochi and disinviting the Russian President. But you wouldn't know it by taking a look at Mr. Putin's calendar this week as the G-7 convened without him in Brussels.

French President Francois Hollande broke ranks first by inviting Mr. Putin to the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings on Friday. We don't recall the Red Army took part in D-Day, but Mr. Hollande has Mistral cruisers to sell to Moscow. He...